Device for shampooing the hair and scalp



(No Model.)

W. G. VOSS. DEVICE FOR SHAMPOOING THE HAIR AND SGALP. No. 493,953.Patented Mar. 21, 1893.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. VOSS, OF GENESEO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR SHAMPOOING THE HAIR AND SCALP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,953, dated March21, 1893. Application filed August 10, 1892. Serial No. 442,669. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it' known that I, WILLIAM C. VOSS, of Geneseo, in the county of Henryand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Device forShampooing the Hair and Scalp, of which the following is a full, clearand exact description.

My invention relates to adevice capable of convenient and effective usefor shampooing the hair and scalp by means of steam, and the object ofthe invention is to provide a steam shampooing device of simple andeconomic construction, and further to provide a means whereby the steamdevice may be utilized for drying the hair and scalp after they havebeen subjected to the action of the steam.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafterfully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the device, illustratingthe manner in which it is used. Fig. 2 is a partial front elevation ofthe lower portion of the device; and Fig. 3 is a central verticalsection through the upper portion of the device, illustrating the mannerin which it is used in connection with heated air.

WVhat may be termed the body A of the device, is preferably made tosimulate a table or stand, the base whereof is much larger than theupright portion of the stand; and the base 10 of the body is preferablymounted upon casters 11, to facilitate moving the device from place toplace.

Upon the base, within the upright portion of the body a gasoline stove12, or other form of heat generator is located; when, however, agasoline or similarstove is employed, atank 13, adapted to contain theliquid to be burned, is attached to the upper portion of the body at oneside, as shown in Fig. 1, but the location of this tank may be changedat will. The tank is connected with the burner of the stove by means ofa pipe 14, containing one 50 an opening 18 in its upper surface,preferably at one side, surrounded by a sectional pipe 19, and this pipecontains within it a sliding section 20. WVithin the upright portion ofthe body at its upper portion, a cylinder B or a reservoir of anycross-sectional shape, is located. The diameter of this cylinder isimmaterial, and the lower end of the cylinder is made somewhat conical,being provided at its center with an opening 21, which is closed, whensteam is to be used, by an attached hollow bulb 22, preferably sosecured to the cylinder that it may be removed to completely disclosethe opening 21. The bulb is adapted to receive water and products ofcondensation. The upper portion of the cylinder is shaped as an elbow,as illustrated at B in Fig. 1, and this elbow portion of the cylinder ismade in two sections 23 and 24, laterally or horizontally connected, andone section is adapted to open out from the other. The joint is anordinary steam-tight one, and the upper section 24, is ordinarily hingedat one side to the lower section, as shown at 25 in Fig. 2. When theupper section is opened to disclose the interior of the lower section:23 of the elbow, the outward movement of the upper section iscontrolled by a chain 26.

A perforated or reticulated hood 2'7, preferably constructed of wovenwire, is secured to the outer end of the upper section of the elbowextension of the cylinder, the sides of which hood may be beveledinward, as best shown in Fig. 2. This hood is adapted to support a cloth28 of linen texture, or like material, which may be attached to the hoodby a band of rubber, or like fastening devices may be employed, thecloth 28, being of sufficient length to extend down over the hood asufficient distance to rest upon the forehead of the person whose hairand scalp are to be shampooed, and the cloth at its lower edge is soshaped as to follow the line of the forehead to about the ears and thendrop vertically downward over the neck, as is best shown in Fig. 1.

At the junction of the upright portion of the cylinder with the elbowextension a sieve, or perforated horizontal partition 29, is located;and above this partition a grating 30, is located, the forward or outerend of which is preferably pivoted in the elbow portion of the cylinder,the opposite end of the grating being held by a suitable support in sucha manner as to render the grating more or less nearly horizontal. Thisgrating is adapted to receive and support the hair of the personoperated upon when the hair is very long. At one side of the bottom ofthe cylinder a collared opening 31, is produced, into which thetelescopic section 20 of the stand pipe 19, is capable of entering.

Back of the upright portion of the body of the device a box 0, islocated upon the base. This box is providedinteriorly with a bellows 32,and the bottom of the box is provided with an opening 33, registeringwith an opening 34 in the base, whereby air may be admitted to thebellows; but these openings are normally closed by a valve 35, locatedwithin the bellows.

In the upper portion of the hood 27 a trough 36, isintroduced, extendingdown ward within the hood, as shown in Fig. 1, thelower or exit openingwhereof is narrow enough to form a spray of a liquid forced through it,and this trough is surrounded by a box 37, located upon the top of thehood and adapted to hold a liquid preparation of a cleansing character,or a perfume. The box is connected, by a pipe 38 provided with asuitable valve, with the lower portion of the interior of the bellows O.The bellows is adapted to contain air, and upon the top of the bellows aweight 39, is usually placed, so that the moment the valve in the pipe38, is opened air will be forced from the bellows into the upper sectionof the cylinder. It will be observed that when liquid is placed in thebox 37 and the bellows is brought into action, the spray will beprojected within the hood.

The air attachment need not necessarily be employed when the hair orscalp is to be steamed, as in this connection the water tank 17, isplaced upon the heater 12, and the tube 19, is connected with the baseof the cylinder B by the sliding pipe 20; but the air attachment inconnection with the trough 36 and the cleansing or perfuming compoundmay be brought into action during the steaming process if desired. WVhenthe hair is to be steamed the person to be operated upon is seated infront of the cylinder, the head being placed within the mouth of thecylinder beneath the hood 27; and if the person has long hair the hairis placed evenly over the grating 30. The cloth 28, is then permitted todrop until it closes the mouth of the cylinder, effectually preventingthe escape of steam which ascends from the boiler or tank located uponthe heater, into the cylinder. The perforated or reticulated hood 27,together with the cloth 28, permits sufficient air to enter the cylinderto prevent the hair and scalp from becoming heated to too great anextent. During the process of steaming a cleansing compound of anyapproved character may be placed in the box 37 surrounding the trough36, and the bellows at that time is set in operation, and the compressedair passing up through the pipe 38, will spray the cleansing compoundupon the hair and scalp of theperson under treatment. When the hair hasbeen fully steamed and also the scalp, the water or steam tank isremoved and disconnected from the cylinder, the collared opening 31 atthat time being capped, as shown in Fig. 3. The bulb 22, is removed anda tube 4.0, is passed up into the opening 21 in the bottom of thecylinder, the opposite end of the tube being flared and made to coverthe opening 16 in the heater. The cylinder is thereupon opened and thehair laid properly along the grating 30, the cylinder is then closed andthe hair is subjected to the action of the hot air contained in thecylinder until it is thoroughly dried, and if desired at this time, inconjunction with the hot air con-v tained in the cylinder the aircontained in the bellows may be forced through the trough upon the headand hair; or a perfume may be placed in the box 37, and sprayed by theaction of the air in the bellows over the head and hair. When the hairis thoroughly dried, the upper portion of the cylinder is again openedand the hair is parted in the middle at the back, and half of the hairis carried to the front on each side. The cylinder is again closed andthe scalp is then dried in like manner as the hair. Thus it will beobserved that the bellows or air attachment may be used or not, asoccasion may demand. The weight upon the bellows is sufficient to forcethe air from it through the tube 38 continually and in sufficientquantities to force a continuous spray on the scalp. When hot air andcold air only are used in drying the hair and scalp, the common exit ofboth currents is the perforated hood, and the cold current of airemanating from the bellows will mingle with the warm air above the scalpand protect the latter, the mingled gases passing out through the hood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a device for steaming and drying hair and thescalp, the combination, with a cylinder, of a heater, a water tanklocated upon the heater, a pipe connecting the cylinder and the interiorof the water tank, a perforated hood formed at the upper end of thecylinder IIO and provided with a head-receiving opening, drapery adaptedto drop from the hood over the opening, and a hair-supporting gratinglocated within the cylinder adjacent to the hood, as and for the purposeset forth.

2. In. a device of the character described, the combination, with acylinder open at its upper end,a heater,and a water tank located uponthe heater, of a tubular connection between the interior of the watertank and the interior of the cylinder at its lower end, a sieve orperforated partition located within the cylinder,a grating also locatedwithin the cylinder above the sieve or partition, a reticulated orperforated hood located at the open end of the cylinder, and draperypendent from the hood, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination, with acylinder open at its top or at one end, provided with a hood at its openend and with drapery pendent from the hood, the cylinder being closed atits lower end,of a heater,a tubular communication between the heater andthe lower portion of the cylinder, a bellows, and a connection betweenthe bellows and the upper portion of the cylinder, the bellows beingadapted to force air into the cylinder, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4:. In a device of the character described, the combination, with acylinder having its upper portion formed with an elbow of sectionalconstruction, the cylinder being closed at its lower end and open at oneend of the elbow extension, a hood formed upon the open portion of thecylinder, drapery pendent from the hood, a sieve or perforated partitionlocated within the cylinder, and a grating located also within thecylinder and above the sieve or partition, of a heater, a tubeadapted toconnect the heater and the lower end of the cylinder, a spray troughlocated in the upper portion of the cylinder, a bellows adapted to forceair, and a connection between the bel lows and the trough, substantiallyas shown and described.

WILLIAM c. vo'ss.

Witnesses:

GEO. S. WELLS, F. H. MOARTHUR.

